“Tag: Hunting in Mexico”

Thanks to the efforts of a conservationist outfitter and local farmers, American hunters revel in the sights and sounds of ocellated turkeys on the Yucatán Peninsula.

So this is Mexico? Not exactly what Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller had in mind when he envisioned Sonora—it's much better. Water is plentiful, along with huge white-barked sycamores and oaks in the creek bottoms where the Gould's gobblers roost.

For the table or for taxidermy, wingshooters have ample reason to want to bring back birds from hunts in Mexico. Here's a primer on the red-tape involved in doing so.

In isolated incidents, American hunters have fallen victim to criminals in Mexico. Others enjoy successful outings. The key factor is to assess the risk where the hunt will take place and to be honest about one's personal risk tolerance.

While U.S. upland bird seasons are closed by March, this month is prime time for quail hunting in some parts of sunny Mexico, particularly for the black-throated bobwhite variety found throughout the Yucatan Peninsula. NRA Outdoors, a service that organizes hunting and fishing excursions specially tailored to NRA members, offers an intriguing three-day hunt in Yucatan’s rural northern coastal plain, not far from the tourist mecca of Cancun. A party of six American hunters, including NRA Outdoors chief Greg Ray and Editorial Director John Zent, found the welcome there to be as warm as the weather, the birds were abundant, and the shooting downright excellent.

NRA's John Zent faces the foremost question on the minds of Americans contemplating a hunt in Mexico.

Tag along during a spot-and-stalk for a magnificent pronghorn in New Mexico.